JPS6258247A - Method for production card with photograph - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently produce a card fitted with a photograph, by producing a display sheet in such a way that the photograph and literal pictures, such as name, etc., of a person are combined by means of a computer and the combined pictures are printed on a color printing paper, and joining a core sheet to the back of the display sheet after the display sheet is put in a frame sheet, and then, joining cover sheets to both the core sheet and frame sheet. CONSTITUTION:On the printed surface of a display sheet 1 the photograph 1a of a person, literal pictures 1b indicating the personal information, such as name, etc., of the person, and graphic picture 1c are printed. These pictures 1a-1c are combined by means of a computer. The display sheet 1 is put in the opening 2a of a frame sheet 2 and a core sheet 3 is thermally press-sticked to the back of the display sheet 1. The 1st and 2nd transparent cover sheets 4 and 5 are respectively put on the upper surface of the frame sheet 2 and lower surface of the core sheet 3 by thermal press-sticking.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a method of creating a photo card using a display sheet made by combining a person image and a character image and printing them on color photographic paper. .

[Conventional technology]

Currently, a wide variety of cards are widely used, such as identification cards (ID cards), driver's licenses, credit cards, bank cards, oil cards, commuter passes, and medical examination passes. Cards that require personal identification, such as employee identification cards and driver's licenses, contain personal information such as name and date of birth, as well as a photo (face photo) of the owner.

For the photo card, personal information is written on a display sheet (core sheet) with headings and other items printed on it using a typewriter, etc., and then inserted into the opening formed at the edge of the core sheet.
It is known to have a structure in which a small photograph of a person (face photograph) is inserted, and an oversheet is placed on both sides and bonded with heat.

In addition, for driver's licenses, an application form with personal information typed is placed in a camera, and when the person is photographed, the personal information is transferred onto inverted color paper (0.23 m thick) using another lens, and the person's image and text are transferred to the camera. It has a structure in which reverse color paper with an image printed on it is sandwiched between two polyester sheets. An adhesive containing an ethylene copolymer as a main component is applied in advance to one side of this polyester sheet.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The above-mentioned photo card has the problem that it is cumbersome to produce and cannot be produced efficiently because the characters must be written on the core sheet and then a separately created photograph of the person must be inserted into the core sheet. .

In addition, driver's licenses have a structure in which reversed color paper is sandwiched between two polyester sheets, so they are easy to bend, and the reversed color paper bulges out and the periphery becomes depressed, making it inconvenient to handle. There is a problem that.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a photo card that is easy to produce, durable, and has a flat surface.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention creates a display sheet by combining a person's image and a character image such as a name on a computer and printing it on color photographic paper, and then inserts this display sheet into the opening of a frame sheet. A first transparent plastic oversheet with adhesive applied to the underside of the frame sheet is placed on top of the frame sheet, and a second transparent plastic oversheet is placed on the underside of the display sheet through an opaque plastic core sheet. The sheets are stacked and heated and pressed from both sides of the two oversheets to heat and press each plastic sheet, and the display sheet and the first oversheet are bonded together using the adhesive applied to the first oversheet. After bonding and thermocompression bonding, it is punched out to a predetermined size.

The display sheet includes a person image taken with a TV camera,
For example, by using a computer to synthesize (layout) character images representing personal information such as name, age, etc., which are created manually, display this synthesized image on a CRT, print it on color photographic paper, and develop it. can be created. For this display sheet, it is preferable to use color photographic paper with a thickness of about 100 to 160 .mu.m, since the thinner the display sheet, the less curl it will cause.

In order to prevent the display sheet from bulging out, a frame sheet made of white or transparent plastic is used, and the display sheet is fitted into a large opening formed in the frame sheet. This frame sheet should be approximately the same thickness as the display sheet in order to keep the card flat. A white core sheet is bonded under this frame sheet to prevent the card from bending. Two transparent oversheets are bonded to both sides of the core sheet and frame sheet, respectively.

To prevent air from entering between the display sheet and the oversheet when the card is squeezed, the bottom surface of the oversheet that is joined to the top surface of the frame sheet is pre-adhered to at least the part facing the display sheet. The display sheet and the oversheet are bonded together using this adhesive.

The frame sheet, core sheet, and two oversheets are:
It is made of plastic that can be thermocompressed, such as polyvinyl chloride resin, and these four sheets are stacked and sandwiched between a pair of ferro plates, and each plastic sheet is heated and pressed. The display sheet and the first oversheet are heat-pressed and heat-sealed, and finally, the display sheet is punched out using a punching cutter so that a thin frame sheet remains around the display sheet. For mass production, use a large frame sheet with multiple openings (for example, four arranged in two rows), fit a display sheet into each opening, and insert a large core sheet and two sheets into each opening. The oversheets are stacked and thermocompressed as described above, and then punched out one by one or in multiple pieces at the same time using a punching cutter.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

〔Example〕

1 and 2 show a photo card of the present invention. As the display sheet 1, thin color photographic paper with a thickness of 100 to 160 μm is used, and on the printed surface thereof, a person image 1a, a character image 1b representing personal information such as a name, etc.
A graphic image 1c is printed. These images 1a to 1c are synthesized (layed out) by a computer, and the synthesized image displayed on a printing CRT is printed on color photographic paper using a three-color sequential exposure method.
It is created by developing.

The display sheet 1 is fitted into an opening 2a of a frame sheet 2. The frame sheet 2 is made of transparent or white plastic, such as polyvinyl chloride resin.

A core sheet 3 is thermocompression bonded to the lower surface of the display sheet 1. The core sheet 3 is made of white plastic, such as polyvinyl chloride, and has characters such as precautions printed on its lower surface. A transparent first oversheet 4 is thermocompression bonded to the upper surface of the frame sheet 2, and a second oversheet 5 is thermocompression bonded to the bottom of the core sheet 3. These oversheets 4 and 5 are made of transparent plastic, such as polyvinyl chloride, and a magnetic stripe is provided on the underside of the second oversheet 5 to enable recording of data. 7 are joined. Note that this magnetic stripe 7 may be bonded to the upper surface of the second nitrogen sheet 4.

In order to prevent air from entering between the first oversheet 4 and the display sheet 1 when the card is squeezed, the display sheet 1 and the first oversheet 4 are connected using a colorless and transparent adhesive 6. It is glued. This adhesive 6
The lower surface of the oversheet 4, which faces the display sheet 1, is coated in advance. Note that the adhesive 6 is
It may be applied to the entire lower surface of the oversheet 4.

The adhesive 6 has high light transmittance, generates few bubbles during heat sealing, and has no adhesive property at room temperature.
An adhesive that exhibits adhesive properties when heated is used, and such an adhesive 6 is one in which a polyamide resin or chlorinated polyprene is used as a base polymer, and to which, for example, acrylic acid-butyl methacrylate copolymer is added as a predolymer. It is preferable to use

Using the display sheet 1 and four plastic sheets, combine these sheets as shown, and then
The photo cards shown in Figures 1 and 2 are created by placing the sheets between two ferro plates (chrome-plated stainless steel plates) and applying pressure and heat, and then heat-pressing and integrating each sheet. be done.

For mass production, it is possible to create multiple photo cards at the same time by using a large frame sheet with multiple openings arranged in parallel, and using a core and oversheet of a size corresponding to this frame sheet. can.

The size of the display sheet 1 is 44 m in L and 75.6 m in W. Further, since the width of the frame sheet 2 is 5n+, the size of the card is 54 x 85.6 m.

Next, creation of a display sheet will be explained. Figure 3 shows CR
This figure shows a T-composite image printing device. The person image input section 10 is constituted by an image reproducing machine that reproduces a person image recorded on a magnetic recording medium, and inputs the reproduced person image data to the image composition section 11. This person image data can be obtained by directly capturing the upper body of a person with a TV camera or by capturing a film of the person.
A videotape camera or a still video camera is used as the V camera. In the case of a videotape camera,
A video tape is used as a magnetic recording medium, and in the case of a still video camera, a video floppy is used as a magnetic recording medium.

10 per person using 3/4 inch wide videotape
If you record seconds at a time, you can record 360 people on a 60-minute tape. In the case of a video floppy, if frames are recorded, 24 people can be recorded on one video floppy.

As the character image input unit 12, a console with a monitor CRT and a keyboard is used, and by operating the keyboard while looking at the CRT, personal information such as name, date of birth, employee number, etc. can be input, and image data can be input. Input commands such as reading and starting printing. Character image data input from this keyboard is recorded on a storage medium such as a floppy disk. Therefore, when updating a photo card with a new one, there is almost no change in personal information, so it is only necessary to send a floppy disk containing character image data, making it easy to issue an updated card.

The graphic image input unit 13 is composed of, for example, a digitizer, and is for inputting marks and line drawings such as company marks created by computer graphics (CG), and this input graphic image data is stored on a floppy disk. Ru.

The image synthesizing section 11 is composed of a microcomputer, reads out human image data from the human image input section 10 in the order in which the images were taken, reads out character image data in the order in which they are input from the character image input section 12, and inputs them into a predetermined manner. By laying out the character image at the position , the character image and the character image are combined, a graphic image inputted from the graphic image input section 13 is added thereto, and the data of this combined image is sent to the CRT controller 14.

The CRT controller 14 is for controlling a color monitor 15 and a monochrome CRT 16 for printing, and before printing, it sends composite image data only to the color monitor 15 and displays a positive image on this display surface. and,
When printing, the composite image is inverted to a negative image, and then
The image is sent to the monochrome CRT 16 for printing, and the beam is swung in the opposite direction to the usual direction, that is, from right to left, to reverse the left and right sides of the composite image.

After checking the color monitor 15 to confirm that the person's image and personal information match, the user operates the print key on the console. The CRT controller 14 extracts one color from the three-color composite image and converts it into a black and white CR for printing.
The composite image is displayed at T16. Black and white CR for this print
The composite image displayed at T16 is focused on color photographic paper 19 by lens 18 while shutter 17 is open. When printing this three-color black and white composite image,
A blue filter B, a green filter G, and a red filter R are selectively inserted and converted into a monochromatic image of blue, green, and red, and thereby a color composite image is printed on color photographic paper 19 by a three-color plane sequential exposure method. . As the color photographic paper 19, a thin one having a thickness of 100 to 160 .mu.m is used to prevent the card from warping.

When one frame of the composite image is printed on the color photographic paper 19, the color photographic paper 19 is moved intermittently for one frame, and then the next composite image is printed. The color photographic paper 19 on which a plurality of composite images have been sequentially printed in this manner enters a well-known photographic processing device 20, where it undergoes development, fixing, and drying processing, and then is sent to a punching position. At this punching position, a cutter consisting of a fixed blade 21 and a movable blade 22 is arranged, and a punching line 23 shown by a dashed line in FIG.
punched out from Through this punching process, the punched color photographic paper contains images of people, text images such as names, etc.
A display sheet 1 with a graphic image such as a company logo printed at a predetermined position is accumulated in a container 24. Note that the color photographic paper 19 in which the display sheet 1 is punched out and the holes 19a are formed is wound up into a roll as waste paper.

FIG. 5 shows an apparatus for applying adhesive to an oversheet. A magnetic stripe 27 is attached to the long oversheet 26, and two perforations 28 and 29 are formed. When this oversheet 26 passes between the pressure cylinder 30 and the plate cylinder 31, the adhesive 32 adhering to the recessed portion of the plate cylinder 31 is transferred to the portion facing the display sheet. A portion of the roller 33 is immersed in a container 34 containing an adhesive.
The adhesive adhered to the outer periphery is applied to the plate cylinder 31. Note that the adhesive 32 adhering to areas other than the concave portions of the plate cylinder 31 is removed by a doctor (not shown) in contact with its outer periphery.
is scraped off. After the oversheet 26 is dried in a drying process (not shown), as shown in FIG.
It is cut from the dash-dotted line 35.36.

FIG. 7 shows the assembled state of each plastic sheet. As shown in FIG. 3, the display sheet 38 created through a composite image printing process and a punching process is a composite of a graphic image, a character image, and a person image printed on color photographic paper.

The first sheet 40 is folded in half from the perforation, one of which becomes the frame sheet part 40a, and the other part becomes the core sheet part 40a.
It becomes b. An opening 40c is formed in this frame sheet portion 40a. This frontage 40C is the Habo display sheet 38
The display sheet 38 is fitted into this. The first sheet 40 is made of plastic, for example, a white polyvinyl chloride resin.

By attaching double-sided tape to the back side of the display sheet 38 and fitting it into the frame sheet portion 40a, the display sheet 38 can be prevented from shifting.

Transparent oversheet 4 cut as shown in Figure 6
1 is a first oversheet portion 41a which is folded in half from a perforation 28 and has an inner surface coated with an adhesive 32;
and a second oversea) 41b are formed. Further, the tip of the first oversheet portion 41a is located at the perforation 2.
It is folded back from 9 to form a folded part 41c. Note that the folded portion 41C is provided to prevent the first sheet 40 from coming out. The first sheet 40 into which the display sheet 38 is fitted is sandwiched between the oversheets 41.

In this embodiment, the thickness of the display sheet 38 is 0.15 m, and the thickness of the first sheet 40 and oversheet 41 is 0.15 m. 2 m, and the adhesive 32 is 0.01 m. Since the combination of these sheets has a four-layer structure, the total thickness is 0.76 to 0.8 mm.

The oversheet 41 sandwiching the first sheet 40 is integrated in a thermocompression bonding process shown in FIG. The thermocompression bonding device used in this process includes a fixed press plate 45 and a movable press plate 46.
and a fan 47, and these press plates 45 and 46 each have built-in heaters 4B and 49. For thermocompression bonding, chrome-plated ferro plate 50.5
A combination sheet is sandwiched between the sheets 1 and 1 and placed on the fixed press plate 45. In addition, in order to facilitate the alignment of the combined sheets, the L where the two sides of the combined sheets come into contact is
It is convenient to provide a letter-shaped contact plate on the fixed press plate 45.

When the start button (not shown) is pressed, the movable press plate 4
6 descends and pinches it from both sides of the oversheet 41 via the ferro plates 50 and 51, and the heater 4
8 and 49 are energized and heated, and the first sheet 40 and oversheet 41 are integrally bonded by thermocompression. Further, the adhesive 32 applied to the first oversheet portion 41a is thermally melted to heat seal the display sheet 38 and the first oversheet portion 41a.

For thermocompression bonding of the oversheet 41, for example, the press pressure is 15 to 20 kg/c+II, and the temperature is 140 to 15 kg/c+II.
The temperature is 0°C and the time is 3-4 minutes. After this thermocompression bonding,
Turn off the heaters 48 and 49 and turn off the fan 47.
is operated to cool the first sheet 40° over the sheet 41 and the adhesive 32 until they are hardened. About 3 minutes is sufficient for this cooling time, and then the movable press plate 46
rises, the pressurization is released, and the thermocompression bonding process is completed. This thermocompression bonding reduces the overall thickness from 0.76 to 0.8N to 0.
．． It will be about 72 to 0.76 m. Note that it is also possible to thermocompress a plurality of sheets at the same time by stacking the ferro plates and the combination sheets alternately, pressing them from both sides, and heating the inside of the press chamber with a heater.

FIG. 9 shows the card punching process.

The card punching device used in this process has a fixed blade 52.
and a movable blade 53. After setting the combination sheet that has gone through the above-mentioned thermocompression bonding process, if the movable blade 53 is lowered, a card with a photo is punched out, and the photo card is punched out as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The finished product is shown in .

In this punching process, if the display sheet 38 is punched out, the edges of the display sheet 38 will be exposed and moisture will penetrate therethrough and cause peeling, so the edges of the display sheet 38 are not integrated. It is punched out with an allowance of 5H so that it is covered with the first sheet 40 and oversheet 41.

Following this punching process, numbers such as employee numbers can be embossed onto the display sheet 38 using a commercially available embossing machine.

In the embodiment described above, an identification card for an employee was explained, but the present invention can also be used to create other photo cards such as a driver's license.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained in detail above, according to the present invention, a person image and a character image such as a name are synthesized by computer, this is printed on color photographic paper to create a display sheet, and this display sheet is fitted into a frame sheet. A core sheet is attached underneath, and oversheets are attached to both sides of the core sheet and frame sheet, making it possible to create cards efficiently, and since the frame sheet is used, the entire card is flat. Moreover, since the core sheet is interposed, it is strong and there is no risk of bending.

Furthermore, since the display sheet is adhered to the oversheet using adhesive applied to the oversheet in advance, even when the card is squeezed, there is no air between the display sheet and the oversheet, and only the person's image can be cut out. This can prevent counterfeiting such as replacing the original with another one.

It can also be embossed, which cannot be done with conventional polyester sheets, so it can prevent counterfeiting.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the layered structure of a photo card produced by the method of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a CRT composite image printing device. Fig. 4 is a plan view of color photographic paper showing the punching area. Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a device for applying adhesive to the oversheet. Fig. 6 is a cutting position of the oversheet. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of a combined state of each sheet. FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a thermocompression bonding process. FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a punching process. Yes. 1...Display screen) 1a...Person image 1b...
Character image IC...Graphic image 2...Frame sheet
2a...Opening 3...Core sheet 4...First oversheet 5...Second oversheet 6...Adhesive -22=7...Magnetic stripe 16...Black and white CRT for printing 19.・Color photographic paper 26・・Oversheet 27・・Magnetic stripe 32・・Adhesive 38・・Display sheet 40・・First sheet 40a・・Frame sheet section 40b・・Core sheet section 40C・・Opening 41・・Over Sheet 41a...first oversheet part 41b...second oversheet part. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (7)

[Claims] (1) Compose a person image and a character image such as a name on a computer, print this composite image on color photographic paper to create a display sheet, fit this display sheet into the opening of the frame sheet, and apply adhesive to the bottom surface in advance. A first oversheet made of transparent plastic coated on the frame sheet is placed on top of the frame sheet, and a second oversheet made of transparent plastic is placed on the bottom surface of the display sheet with an opaque plastic core sheet interposed between the two sheets. Pressure is applied while heating from both sides of the oversheet to bond each plastic sheet by thermocompression, and the display sheet and the first oversheet are bonded by the adhesive applied to the first oversheet, and after this thermocompression bonding. A method for creating a photo card, characterized by punching it out to a predetermined size. (2) The method for producing a photo card according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive is applied only to the portion facing the display sheet. (3) The method for producing a photo card according to claim 2, wherein a magnetic stripe is adhered to the outer surface of the first oversheet or the second oversheet. (4) The core sheet and the frame sheet are made of white polyvinyl chloride resin, and the two oversheets are each made of transparent polyvinyl chloride resin. The method for creating a card with a photo as described in any of paragraphs 3 to 3. (5) Claim 1, wherein the core sheet is made of white polyvinyl chloride resin, and the frame sheet and the two oversheets are each made of transparent polyvinyl chloride resin. The method for creating a card with a photo as described in any of paragraphs 3 to 3. (6) The display sheet has a thickness of 100 to 160 μm.
A photo card producing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: (7) The method for producing a photo card according to claim 7, wherein the frame sheet and the display sheet have substantially the same thickness.